November 2020 – PARENTING, ADVOCACY AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

Unsilencing the female voice

Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted someone to stand up for you, and they didn’t.? How disappointed were you that your expectations that this person whose experiences were similar to yours and who “looked” like you did not open their mouth or do anything to defend you? Many of us areContinue reading “Unsilencing the female voice”

Pivot: A Re-imagined dance

Beyoncé’s “Already” is blasting through the speakers, while the TikTok compilation of the accompanying dance routine is being shown on the screen. As a lover of the Afrobeat, I am already mirroring perfectly the routine – except only in my head! I am Jamaican; dance is in my blood…. right? There is no one elseContinue reading “Pivot: A Re-imagined dance”

Keeping your word….TO YOURSELF!

“Mommy, I am going to take a bath and go to bed now….” “Ok….” Although it is only 7:35 p.m., I know that for her to say this (at this time) means that she recognizes that she is dead beat and needs rest, since she is usually up working until too late. It is nowContinue reading “Keeping your word….TO YOURSELF!”

40-legs: my 40+ years fear!

‘SAS CRISE! I want to write this entire blog post in the Jamaican Creole, but I can’t, because my readers consist of non-Jamaicans and Jamaicans alike. But OH MY GOD!!!! I Just had another encounter with another 40-leg (centipede), and it was HUGE! Anyone who knows me knows that I am deathly afraid of theseContinue reading “40-legs: my 40+ years fear!”